A young Canadian marches over the Pyrenees and enters into history by
joining the International Brigades--men and women from around the world
who volunteered to fight against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. This
new edition of Ted Allan's novel, This Time a Better Earth,
reintroduces readers to the electrifying milieu of the Spanish Civil War
and Madrid, which for a short time in the 1930s became the epicentre of
a global struggle between democracy and fascism. This Time a Better
Earth, first published in 1939, tells the story of Canadian Bob Curtis
from the time of his arrival in Spain and the idealism and trials of the
international volunteers. Allan's novel achieves the distinction of
being both a work of considerable literary and historical significance
and a real page-turner.
This is the first installment of a series of titles to be published in
the Canadian Literature Collection under the Canada and the Spanish
Civil War banner. This is a large-scale project devoted to the recovery
and presentation of Canadian cultural production about the Spanish Civil
War (spanishcivilwar.ca), directed by Bart Vautour and Emily Robins
Sharpe.